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H. K. DYER.

EXHIBITION TRAY. No. 430,842. Patented June 24, 1890.

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@flz m uw BY 7 A TTOHNEYS UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY K. DYER, OF BROOKLYN, ASSIGNOR TO THE DENNISON MANUFAC- TURINGCOMPANY, OF NElV YORK, N. Y.

EXHlBI TlON-TRAY.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 430,842, dated June 24,1890. Application filed March 10, 1890. Serial No. 343,339. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

le it known that 1, HENRY K.DYER, of the city of Brooklyn, Kings county,and State of New York, have invented a new and Im proved lIXhibition-Tray, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

The object of my invention is to provide a cheap and attractiveexhibition-tray, designed more particularly for jewelers use, and so [0constructed that the covering of the central portion on which thearticlesare placed may be readily changed so that a variety of coversmay be used with the same frame-work.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a perspective View of my new exhibition-tray made incircular form, and covered in the center with cotton. Fig. 2 is asectional elevation of the same. Figs. 3 and at show modified forms ofthe tray.

The tray comprises the center-piece A and the border B, and removablecovering 0, held between the center-piece and border. The

outline of the tray may be of any desired design, as circular, square,or triangular, or in the form of a cross, as in Fig. 3, or a scroll, asin Fig. 4. The center-piece is sawed out, 0 leaving the border which itfits. The border is then polished, or it may have a fancy covering D, offelt or other material. The tray may be provided at the back with ahinged support or leg E, by which the tray may be held in inclinedposition, or by folding the leg flat against the bottom of the tray itmay be placed in a flat position in a show-case or window. Thecenter-piece A is held in place by pressure, and to change the cover 0,which may be of silk, velvet, cotton, wool, or any other suitablematerial, it is only necessary to press out the center-piece place thecover overit, and press it back to place again, binding the edges of thecover between it and the border.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

As a new article of manufacture, an exhibition-tray con'iprising anarrow border cov 5o ered with plush or other. fabric, combined with aremovable center-piece held within and by the border, and a cover forthe centerpiece held between the outer edge of the center piece and theadjacent edge of the border, 55 substantially as described.

HENRY K. DY FR.

Witnesses: V

CHAS. I-I. llIACDONALD, F. L. VAN NEss.

